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Marilyn Spiegel, 70, was killed on May 15, 2014, on a boat at Salty Sam’s Marina in Fort Myers, Florida. She and her fiancé, Harry Carlip, had planned to marry two days later when both were found dead on the boat. Marilyn suffered multiple stab wounds; Carlip had been shot four times. The scene showed evidence of a fire deliberately set on the vessel.

Investigators say Marilyn’s ex-husband, Michael Stephen Spiegel, had sailed to Fort Myers about a month earlier and was seen at the marina the day before the killings asking about Carlip’s boat. On the morning of May 15 he returned carrying a briefcase that reportedly contained a modified Ruger SR22 pistol, a bloody 10-inch filet knife, plastic zip ties, duct tape and other items. Witnesses heard gunshots and observed him walking away from the boat covered in blood; Lee County deputies arrested him at the marina.

At trial a jury convicted Michael Spiegel in August 2015 of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of arson after testimony and forensic evidence tied him to the scene. While awaiting sentencing in jail he died by suicide the day before the scheduled hearing. Does anyone have memories of Marilyn or Harry, or information about their time at Salty Sam’s Marina?